Ah, Valentine’s Day—the day of overpriced roses, questionable poetry, and heart-shaped balloons that serve no functional purpose. Every February 14th, the world collectively loses its mind over a concept that India has been practising for millennia, albeit with fewer hashtags and more elaborate rituals. For the first time in years, I didn’t hear of moral…
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Jai Bholenath
It’s Maha Shivratri today. This is the only fast I keep whenever I can. This year I am fasting. I have a certain affinity to Bholebaba. It’s an old story. Whenever I recollect it, I have goosebumps. It was early eighties.I had just passed out my M.Sc – Physics and was back home. Immediately after…